Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli

Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Prime Minister of Nepal
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 October 2015
President	Ram Baran Yadav Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Preceded by	Sushil Koirala
Personal details
Born	22 February 1952 Terhathum, Nepal
Political party	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
Education	Grade 6 Attended
Religion	Hinduism
Website	Official website

Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli (Nepali: खड्ग प्रसाद शर्मा ओली; born 23 February 1952),^[1] commonly known as K. P. Oli, is a Nepali politician and the Prime Minister of Nepal since 11 October 2015.^[2] He is the first Prime Minister under the newly adopted Constitution of Nepal.^[3]

Oli started his study in Himalaya Higher Secondary School in Jhapa at the age of 12. He could not pass the grade 6, and left the study. ^[4]Oli was elected as the chairman of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) in July 2014.^[5][6] Oli was elected as leader of the CPN-UML Parliamentary Party in the 2nd Constituent Assembly on 4 February 2014, defeating party chairman Jhala Nath Khanal by a vote of 98 to 75.^[7] His hometown is Jhapa, Nepal. He won the Jhapa–7 seat in the 2013 Constituent Assembly election as a CPN-UML candidate.

He was the Home Minister in the Adhikari cabinet in 1994–1995. He became the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs during the interim government in 2006.^[8][9] He was elected as Prime Minister in a parliamentary vote in October 2015, receiving 338 votes out of 597. Oli's PM candidacy was supported by UCPN-Maoists, Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal, and Madhesi Rights Forum Democratic along with 13 other small parties.

Political career

KP began his political career in 1966 and was influenced by Marxism-Leninism. He became a member of the Communist Party of Nepal in February 1970. His underground name was Sitaram. He became involved in subversive politics in opposition to the party-less Panchayat System in place at the time. For his activities, he was arrested for the first time in 1970. A year later he became the District committee member of party and soon the Chief of the Jhapa Movement Organizing Committee in 1972. For his movement, Oli was arrested and imprisoned for 14 consecutive years from 1973 to 1987. After being released in 1987, he became a central committee member of UML as an in-charge for Lumbini Zone until 1990. He then went on to hold the post of chief of foreign department of the CPN (UML) in 1992. Oli also became the Founder President of the National Democratic Youth Federation of Nepal (DNYF).

Subsequently, he became a member of the parliament in the House of Representatives (HOR) from Jhapa district's electorate no. 6 in 1991 and from Jhapa electorate no. 2 in 1999 as well. Soon he became the chief of the department of publicity. In the ever changing political situation of Nepal, Oli became the Cabinet Minister of Ministry of Home Affairs through the short period of 1994 to 1995. Then in 2006, Oli became the Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal during the interim government. He was also assigned to look into the death of fellow politician Madan Bhandari. From April 2006 to 2007, Oli was assigned as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. While in the Second Nepalese Constituent Assembly, Oli won the Jhapa–7 seat in 2013 as a CPN-UML contender. Oli was designated as the Chief of the International Department of the CPN-UML Parliamentary Party.

Oli was elected as Prime Minister in a parliamentary vote on 11 October 2015. He was sworn in on 12 October.^[10]

Personal life

Oli was born in Terhathum District, Eastern Nepal. He resided mostly in Jhapa during his political life. He resided in Balkot Bhaktapur with his family, but after becoming Prime Minister in 2015, he moved to "Baluwatar", an official residence (Office) of the Prime Minister

Electoral history

He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha from Jhapa in 1991, 1994 and 1999 on a CPN-UML ticket.^[11] He contested and won from two constituencies in the 1999 election and gave up his Jhapa-6 seat. He lost the 2008 Constituent assembly election. Only the top two candidates are shown below.

1991 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Jhapa-6

Party	Candidate	Votes	Status
CPN-UML	K P Oli	–	Elected

1994 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Jhapa-6

Party	Candidate	Votes	Status
CPN-UML	K P Oli	18861	Elected
Nepali Congress	Keshav Kumar Budhathoki	14202	Lost

1999 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Jhapa-2

Party	Candidate	Votes	Status
CPN-UML	K P Oli	18909	Elected
Nepali Congress	Giriraj Kumari Prasai	18892	Lost

1999 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Jhapa-6

Party	Candidate	Votes	Status
CPN-UML	K P Oli	23749	Elected
Nepali Congress	Kasi Lal Tajpuriya	19713	Lost

2008 Constituent Assembly Election Jhapa-7

Party	Candidate	Votes	Status
CPN-UML	K P Oli	14959	Lost
Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)	Bishwodip Lingden Limbu	16099	Elected

2015 Parliamentary Prime Minister Election

Party	Candidate	Votes	Status
CPN-UML	K P Oli	338	Elected
Nepali Congress	Sushil Koirala	249	Lost

References

1. {{http://www.opmcm.gov.np/pm/pm-k-p-oli/}}
2. "Oli ielected 38th Prime Minister of Nepal (Update)". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
3. "Veteran communist elected Nepal PM". The Hindu. 11 October 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
4. Sharma Manohar, "Oli ko Jeevani (Life of Oli)", Jana Astha National Weekly, 12th January 2004. Page 12
5. "The Himalayan Times: Oli elected UML chairman mixed results in other posts – Detail News: Nepal News Portal". The Himalayan Times. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
6. "Nepal congratulates Oli for election victory". Myrepublica.com. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
7. "Oli elected as UML PP leader". eKantipur. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
8. "Nepal calls ceasefire with rebels". BBC. 3 May 2006. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
9. Moriarty, James. "Seven Cabinet Members Formed". Wikileads. US Embassy, Kathmandu. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
10. Binaj Gurubacharya, "Nepal's new premier names protest group leaders as deputies", Associated Press, 12 October 2015.
11. Election Commission of Nepal

External links

• Official website
• Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli on Twitter